Breaking
Yellow-legged Asian Hornet Week 1st - 7th September 2025
Operation EASTER launches for the 28th year
Bat Conservation Trust launch Halloween video to celebrate bats 🦇
Operation Badger re-launch for National Badger Day!
Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
Operation EASTER ~ 27 years of stopping egg thieves
Man who abseiled down cliff to take peregrine falcon eggs jailed
Newport company fined for the demolition of Bat Roost
Cheshire man sentenced after admitting animal cruelty offences
2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Natural England prosecutes developer for breaching Bat Mitigation Licence
Vale of Glamorgan man prosecuted for destroying valuable wildlife habitat
Wildlife detectives take part in new Forensics Training programme
PSNI investigate death of two white-tailed eagles
PSNI launch Operation SUBRISION to deter and detect rural and wildlife crime
Lewisham man convicted for illegally exporting ivory
Operation EASTER launched for 2023 - stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Monmouthshire company fined for damaging an important Great Crested Newt habitat
Two Lincolnshire men sentenced under new hare coursing legislation
36th Annual Wildlife Crime Conference – 24th to 26th November 2025
36th Wildlife Crime Conference
The annual Wildlife Crime Conference took place on 24th – 26th November 2025.
WWF AWARD WINNERS
The 2025 WWF award winners were announced on Tuesday 25th November. All the award winners were truly deserving of recognition.
WILDLIFE CRIME OPERATION OF THE YEAR
Operation GLASSBEAK
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WILDLIFE CRIME OFFICER OF THE YEAR
PC Richard Fussey, Humberside Police
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PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Dunford, CPS
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
PC Alun Bradshaw, Cambridgeshire
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Dr Fiona Howie, SRUC
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Glynn Evans, BASC
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LASTING LEGACY AWARD
Craig Fellowes MBE, NWCU & Badger Trust
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The 2025 conference was sponsored by our wonderful partners at:
Badger Trust
British Association for
Shooting and Conservation
Hare Preservation Trust
Humane World for Animals
Institute of Fisheries Management
International Fund for Animal Welfare
National Trust
Natural England
Wild Justice
Extra special thanks go to WWF for sponsoring the award ceremony: